Biography of Julie Kook

Julie Kook - Grade 5

I am very happy and thankful for the call to teach 5th grade at St. Paul's this year! My husband, Tom, and I have been married for 27 years. We reside in Muskego and have 2 sons, Bradley and Jordan. Brad and Jordan both graduated from St. Paul's and WISCO. Brad graduated from and now works as a Research Specialist on the staff at UW – Madison and Jordan is a sophomore at UW - Madison majoring in History and Political Science.

I grew up in Indiana and met Tom while we both attended Carthage College. I have my bachelors degree in Elementary Education and Special Education-Cognitively Disabled from Carthage College and have my master's degree in Early Childhood – Young Handicapped from Cardinal Stritch University. Over the years, I taught in a variety of learning environments. I taught in Gary, IN as a Child Development Therapist, at St. Francis Children's Center in Milwaukee as an Infant Learning Supervisor and Parent Trainer, at Tess Corners Elementary School as a Special Education - Early Childhood Teacher, as well as teaching upper grade English, Computer Lab, and Art here at St. Paul's. I have been a substitute teacher at St. Paul's and a number of other WELS elementary schools.

Tom and I also own 2 Dairy Queens, one in Racine and the other in Fond du lac, WI. In my free time, I enjoy boating, walking, reading, and especially visiting our sons in Madison!!!